Poor Geppetto decides to create a wooden puppet to fulfill his everyday needs. His friend and colleague, Master Antonio, provides him with a magical piece of wood. As soon as he finishes, Pinocchio decides to run away to avoid going to school the next day. When he returns home, the old cricket of the house gives him a stern lecture and advises him to be a nice little boy. This advice is met with a heavy blow from a wooden hammer. Determined to please his old father, the little wooden boy goes to school. On his way there, he is magically drawn to a puppet theater. And so, Pinocchio exchanges his schoolbook for entry to this place that attracts him so much. The arrival of a new puppet disrupts the ongoing performance. In the hope of...